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Dembele ready to return for Barcelona

Soccer Football - F.C. Barcelona - Ousmane Dembele Presentation - Barcelona, Spain - August 28, 2017. F.C. Barcelona's new signing Ousmane Dembele kicks a ball. REUTERS/Albert Gea

(Reuters) - Barcelona's record signing Ousmane Dembele is set to return from a long injury layoff in Thursday's Copa del Rey match against Celta Vigo, the club has said.

Dembele, who joined Barcelona for a 105 million euro ($126.60 million) fee that could rise to 147 million, from Borussia Dortmund in August, made only three appearances for the La Liga side before rupturing his hamstring against Getafe on Sept. 16.

The 20-year-old French forward, who had a surgery in Finland, returned to training in December and received his medical discharge on Tuesday.

Ernesto Valverde's Barcelona travel to Vigo for the first leg of their round of 16 Copa del Rey tie before hosting the reverse fixture at Camp Nou next week.

They will also return to league action with a home game against Levante on Sunday.

(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru)

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